Reviewer Conny Withay:Operating her own business
in office management since 1991, Conny is an avid reader and
volunteers with the elderly playing her designed The Write Word Game.
A cum laude graduate with a degree in art living in the Pacific
Northwest, she is married with two sons, two daughters-in-law, and
three grandchildren.

“May this workbook be
helpful and comforting to you and yours—and may you have it and not
need it for a very long time!” Vicki Hinze writes in the author’s
notes at the beginning of her book, The In-Case-of-Emergency
Workbook.

At eighty-eight pages, this flexibound targets those
who want a safe place to document and organize their personal,
medical, and financial information. After the author's notes and
personal information pages to fill out, there are nine sections that
cover a myriad of worksheets to complete regarding one’s life in
case of an emergency. The ending contains ten tear-out “contact
cards” that can be used elsewhere.

Having one place to keep
all information on home, property, finances, medical, legal,
automobile, personal property, passwords, and personal requests makes
life easier for those around us when we are unable to instruct or
inform others. I like that this book is concise and to the point with
its large blocked areas to fill in data. Plenty of different topics
force the book owner to write down information he or she may not
think is important but may be at a later date.

Those who have
a living will and/or are in close contact with their adult children
who are aware of their issues may not have the need for this
workbook. Others may feel many subjects were left out such as
contacting specific friends, pastor, priest, or rabbi to handle
end of life situations, There are not many lines available in areas
regarding credit cards (for those who have more than 4) and
investments (only 6 offered) while there is an ample amount of 10
bank accounts.

Since the book seems to be geared more for the
person who is unorganized, it did not provide me with any new ideas
or information to pass on to my children who are well aware of our
wishes. I question stating to put the book in a safe deposit box when
the information on where the box location, key, and number are in the
book that is to be put inside it.

For those who are
interested in keeping track of their financial, medical, and personal
status for others to use in case of an emergency, this is a
simple-to-use organizer.

Thanks to Bookpleasures
and the author for this book that I freely evaluated.